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Almost as important as knowing the gospel is knowing what your soul is. The soul is that part of your spiritual being that needs to be saved (Ezek 18:27, Jas 1:21, 5:20, etc.). If we are not just ro presume that we are saved, we need to know how the soul is changed from death to life. What...

That's pretty close Episkopos. See, what God gives freely is the Spirit (= the Bible, the gospel, God's wisdom, God's grace). So yes, we receive the Spirit .. but what we are after in salvation is the Holy Ghost (= "Christ in you," the "Comforter"). Now we can only receive Christ IF we have...

Lk 24:46-49 "Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that REPENTANCE and REMISSION OF SINS should be preached IN HIS NAME among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. And, behold, I send the...

According to theory, the "id" consists of our primitive, natural instincts. Id is guided by the "pleasure principle" (or pain avoidance) which principle is that we react to certain stimuli a) without thinking b/c we want b) immediate gratification of our needs or urges. The id is stimulated...

Wow, you really are arrogant about your view, aren't you. skypair

Blah, blah, blah. Your opinion. This is from serious study from the book "Two Views of the Divine Trinity." You view is left "naked" of any serious reference except you own opinion. Come back when you have some evidence. skypair

They ARE the same God, aren't they! :) And yet we often use the one view or the other to claim that our opposition is not saved .. or we say you can't be saved if you don't have the same view of God that I do. There is only one view that I would for sure consider wrong -- that Jesus isn't...

There are two acceptable views of the Trinity that I am aware of... 1) Immanent/Classical/3 in 1 God or one triune God: In this one, God is one having 3 "subsistences" (not actual persons) all 3 of which share the same attributes. This is the usual and biblical view of Catholics and...

Right, it's the difference between the "Immanent Trinity"/Classical Trinitarian view and the "Economic Trinity"/Relational Trinitarian view of the Trinity. The former sees God in heaven and eternity (1Jn 5:7) and the latter sees God in time and at work in the world. skypair

Actually, Father to Holy Ghost is "self-separation." Holy Ghost to Jesus is begotten. And yes, in this way, all 3 were eternally existent in One. Phil 2:6-8 does use the term "made Himself" in speaking of the Holy Ghost of the Son making Himself into the image of man .. but it is through the...

The Trinity can be explained as the image of God mirrored in each (one) man. As the Father is to God, the soul is to man .. as the Holy Ghost is to God, the "inward man" (soul + spirit) is to man. As the Son is to God, the body is to man. Now these 3 are said to be "Persons" because they go...

What I mean by spiritual body is akin to Jesus, Moses, and Elijah on the mount of transfiguration which I believe we will have in the New Earth. There will be a tree of life there, too. I believe the New Earth will be like Eden. And we, indeed, have such a spiritual body within our flesh...

My understanding is that the "works" is repentance to God in the name of Jesus Christ, Acts 2:38 - which is simple obedience. And so I say, "Should a man obey God or man?" If Abram hadn't obeyed God in leaving Ur, he would not have had faith in God b/c he would not have received the promises...

Would God not have been their Federal Head? Or Lucifer? What image were they in that Lucifer could think that he could be God? And isn't that the same offer that Satan made to Eve? Isn't that the same thing we say when we decide to sin against the law of God? I've discovered that these...

God created Adam just like he created us — spiritual bodies. When Adam fell, He discovered that he was naked and it is this PHYSICAL aspect of man that Adam and Eve replicated onto all mankind. Now when our bodies are gone to "dust," our spiritual body will go either to the great white throne...

Of course, all of those are made up phrases that don't get us any closer to the truth of scripture .. that man is the spiritual offspring of God such that man desires to find God (Acts 17:26-27) and has in his heart and conscience an innate understanding of the law (Ro 2:14-15). To this, the...

It occurs to me that, if we are God's spiritual offspring (and we are, Acts 17:28-29) .. and if God created not one evil angel (they turned on God themselves) .. why do we think that God creates His offspring (us) totally depraved by original sin and born spiritually "dead" in sins??? Does it...

Well, Peter sure used the phrase: "Born again, not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible, by the Word of God that abides forever." (1Pet 1:23) So apparently you and amadeus don't realize that we were the offspring of God spiritually from birth (Acts 17:28-29) and only lost that...

We new covenant saints were born again when we repented to God turning from our sinful ways and thoughts (Acts 2:38, Isa 55:7) and turning to God through the name of Jesus Christ. That is when Titus 3:5 happens -- the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Quickening," as I...

We receive the Holy Spirit with our spirit (mind) when we believe the gospel and the Bible. Jesus encouraged those of His time to receive the Spirit b/c the Holy Ghost had not yet been given b/c He had not been glorified, Jn 7:39. When we repent, God forgives and we receive the Holy Ghost (the...